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Peter Pears, Marion Studholme, Iris Kells, Raymond Nilsson, James Pease, Jean Watson, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Benjamin Britten

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "Now the Great Bear and Pleiades"

Peter Pears, Marion Studholme, Iris Kells, Raymond Nilsson, James Pease, Jean Watson, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden & Benjamin Britten

Britten conducts Britten: Opera Vol.1

3 MINUTES AND 41 SECONDS

Album tracklist

1
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "Flor-ence! Tell The Midwife!"
01:55
2
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "Doctor Jessop's Midwife"
02:17
3
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "I Hope We're Not Too Early, Florence?"
02:31
4
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "Stuffy!"
02:43
5
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "Now Then! Notebook, Florence!"
02:47
6
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "The First Suggestion On My List"
04:36
7
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "Is This All You Can Bring?"
02:59
8
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "Beggin' Your Pardon"
06:13
9
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "Right! We'll Have Him!"
03:04
10
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: Interlude
03:13
11
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "Bounce Me High"
02:31
12
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "Shop! Hi! Albert!"
02:17
13
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "Tickling A Trout"
03:02
14
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "Meet Me At A Quarter Past Eight"
03:04
15
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "He's Much Too Busy"
03:36
16
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "Good Morning, Young Man"
01:34
17
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 1: "We Bring Great News To You"
04:51
18
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: "Isn't He Here?"
02:18
19
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: "For Three Precious Weeks"
03:33
20
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: "Quickly! Quickly, Come Along!"
04:48
21
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: "Here They Are, Dears!"
02:26
22
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: "My Flowers Are Few"
02:35
23
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: "I'm Full Of Happiness"
03:31
24
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: "As Representing The Local Council"
01:48
25
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: "My Heart Leaps Up With Joy"
01:59
26
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: "Er-humph! Er-humph! I'm No Great Shakes"
02:40
27
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: "Well Tried, Albert!"
03:08
28
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: Interlude
06:55
29
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: "Albert The Good!"
07:27
30
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: "You Oughtn't To Whistle!"
04:01
31
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 2: "Heaven Helps Those Who Help Themselves!"
07:59
32
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 3: Introduction
02:20
33
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 3: "Is She Asleep?"
03:33
34
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 3: "I'm Hungry, I'm Tired"
01:19
35
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 3: "Give Me A Decent Murder With A Corpse!"
01:10
36
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 3: "Have You Found Him?"
04:42
37
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 3: "Fools! Fools! Blundering Fools!"
02:22
38
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 3: "In The Midst Of Life Is Death"
04:22
39
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 3: "Albert!"
00:41
40
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 3: "I'm Sorry About That"
02:13
41
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 3: "I Can't Remember Everything"
06:11
42
Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39 / Act 3: "Albert's Come Back To Stay"
00:40
43
Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 1: Prelude
03:00
44
Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 1: "You've got your maps there?"
12:37
45
Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 1: "At last it's out"
06:20
46
Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 1: "Your Sherry, Mrs. Coyle"
11:24
47
Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 1: "Oh, How Unforeseen"
10:25
48
Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 1: "Sirrah! How dare you!"
04:03
49
Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 1: "Coyle, I wish I had not come"
07:01
50
Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 1: "May God bless the Queen"
08:22
51
Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 2: "There was a boy, a Wingrave born"
06:54
52
Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 2: "I envy you, this fine old house"
02:37
53
Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 2: "Paramore shall welcome Woe!"
07:03
54
Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 2: "And with his friend young Lechmere played"
04:38
55
Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 2: "Now you may save your scornful looks"
05:38
56
Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 2: "Ah, Owen, what shall I do?"
07:41
57
Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 2: "Is that you, Coyle?"
02:58
58
Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 2: "Come in...It's me, Lechmere"
05:01
59
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "I Am An Old Man Who Has Experienced Much"
05:04
60
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Pull, My Bantams!"
07:00
61
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Guard Boat! Indomitable!"
03:16
62
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "First Man Forward!"
02:25
63
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Your Name? Billy Budd, Sir"
02:42
64
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Billy Budd, King Of the Birds!"
02:35
65
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "I Heard, Your Honour!"
03:38
66
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Come Along Kid! Come Along!"
03:37
67
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Christ, the Poor Chap!"
01:26
68
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "What's That? What's Those Whistles?"
01:15
69
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Starry Vere We Call Him"
02:20
70
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Boy! My Compliments To Mr. Redburn"
03:45
71
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Gentlemen, the King!"
05:32
72
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Ay, At Spithead the Men May Have Had Their Grievances"
01:05
73
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "We Are, Sir. Claggart Is An Able One"
06:52
74
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Blow, Blow, Blow"
02:39
75
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "We're Off To Samoa By Way Of Genoa"
03:38
76
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Hi! You a... a... a..."
02:58
77
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Over the Water...Handsomely Done"
06:48
78
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Come Here. Remember Your Promise"
04:43
79
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Billy! Hist! Billy Budd!"
04:05
80
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 1: "Dansker, Old Friend, Glad To See You"
04:44
81
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "I Don't Like The Look Of the Mist"
02:16
82
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "With Great Regret I Must Disturb Your Honour"
01:07
83
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "Deck Ahoy! Enemy Sail On Starboard Bow"
03:24
84
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "Who'll Volunteer To Board 'Em"
07:47
85
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "There You Are Again, Master-at-Arms"
04:49
86
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "O This Cursed Mist"
04:15
87
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "Claggart, John Claggart, Beware!"
03:32
88
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "Master-at-Arms and Foretopman"
03:23
89
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "God O' Mercy! Here, Help Me!"
02:13
90
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "Gentlemen, William Budd Here Has Killed"
01:34
91
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "William Budd, You Are Accused By Captain Vere"
05:33
92
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "Poor Fellow, Who Could Save Him?"
04:22
93
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "I Accept Their Verdict"
05:32
94
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "Look! Through the Port"
05:36
95
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "Here! Baby! Dansker, Old Friend"
04:02
96
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "And Farewell To Ye"
04:35
97
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: Interlude
03:06
98
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "According To the Articles Of War"
01:51
99
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "Down All Hands! And See That They Go"
02:22
100
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Act 2: "We Committed His Body To the Deep"
04:39
101
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Prologue: "Peter Grimes!"
01:28
102
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Prologue: "You Sailed Your Boat"
03:04
103
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Prologue: "Peter Grimes, I Here Advise You!"
02:10
104
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Prologue: "The Truth...the Pity..."
01:54
105
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Prologue: Interlude I: On the beach
02:58
106
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "Oh, Hang At Open Doors"
05:36
107
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "Hi! Give Us a Hand"
03:19
108
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "I Have To Go From Pub To Pub"
01:58
109
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "Let Her Among You"
03:09
110
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "Look, the Storm Cone!"
02:41
111
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "And Do You Prefer the Storm"
04:57
112
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "What Harbour Shelters Peace"
01:12
113
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: Interlude II: The Storm
04:08
114
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "Past Time To Close!"
04:22
115
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "We Live and Let Live"
01:58
116
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "Have You Heard?"
01:23
117
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "Now the Great Bear and Pleiades"
03:41
118
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "Old Joe Has Gone Fishing"
02:29
119
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 1: "The Bridge Is Down, We Half Swam Over"
01:40
120
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: Interlude III: Sunday Morning By the Beach
02:25
121
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "Glitter Of Waves"
05:41
122
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "Let This Be a Holiday"
03:00
123
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "This Unrelenting Work"
04:41
124
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "Fool To Let It Come To This!"
02:18
125
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "What Is It?"
01:03
126
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "People!...No! I Will Speak!"
02:14
127
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "We Planned That Their Lives"
02:28
128
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "Swallow! Shall We Go"
00:44
129
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "Now Is Gossip Put On Trial"
02:12
130
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "From the Gutter"
04:35
131
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: Interlude IV: Passacaglia
05:28
132
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "Go There!"
07:19
133
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "Now!...Now!"
02:10
134
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 2: "Peter Grimes! Nobody Here?"
03:08
135
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: Interlude V: Evening
04:19
136
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: "Assign Your Prettiness To Me"
02:36
137
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: "Pah!"
02:49
138
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: "Come Along, Doctor!"
03:19
139
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: "Embroidery In Childhood"
05:10
140
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: "Mr. Swallow!"
02:00
141
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: "Who Holds Himself Apart"
03:45
142
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: Interlude VI: Fog
02:36
143
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: "Grimes! Grimes!"
04:56
144
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: "Peter, We've Come To Take You Home"
02:29
145
Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: "To Those Who Pass The Borough"
05:01
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